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"Wanted-Mr. Stuart"
[Charles I had been executed in 1649 and Cromwell became ruler of England, but Charles Stuart (afterwards Charles II), the eldest son of Charles I, came to England secretly in 1650 and, aided by the Scots, attempted to regain the crown. On September 3rd, 1651, he fought a battle at Worcester; he was completely defeated andfled from the field. This is the background to the play that follows.]
SCENE: The Coffee-Room of The White Hart, Evesham. September 1Oth, 1651.
Robert, a waiter, has just shown in Sir Edgar Harcourt. A confused noise of voices is heard from the next room.
ROBERT: You'll find it quieter in here, sir.
HARCOURT (by the fireplace): Quieter! I can hardly hear myself speak. Shut those doors.
ROBERT: They are shut, sir.
HARCOURT: What a mad house! I've tried three times to get a drink, four to get a room...
ROBERT: I'll see about a room, sir.
HARCOURT: If that terrible noise is going on, you can save your breath. Where's the landlord?
ROBERT: He's serving, sir.
HARCOURT: Inform him Sir Edgar Harcourt has arrived. If that doesn't stir him, you can saddle my horses and I'll be off.
ROBERT (moving up to the doors): Yes, sir.
HARCOURT: And bring me some wine.
(Robert goes out. The Landlord enters.)
LANDLORD: Sir Edgar, forgive us. We don't know where to turn. HARCOURT: Your inn's a mad-house, man.
LANDLORD: It's the Ironsides. Returning every hour from Worcester. Foot soldiers, cavalry, gunners.
HARCOURT: And they call this peace!
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LANDLORD: I'll get you a room at the back.
HARCOURT: You'll get me some dinner.
LANDLORD: Yes, Sir Edgar.
HARCOURT: Soup, beef, chicken.
LANDLORD: Beef, chicken.
HARCOURT: Your best Chateau-Latour.
LANDLORD: Chateau-Latour.
HARCOURT: Stilton cheese and white wine.
LANDLORD: At once, sir. And you'll bear with us tonight...
HARCOURT: Plague on it, man, I'm a Roundhead. I'll drink with your noisy crowd. To Cromwell and victory!
LANDLORD: Cromwell and victory.
HARCOURT: Well, we've waited long enough for it. Ten years to put these scoundrels in their place.
LANDLORD: We've seen the last of them now, sir.
HARCOURT: We've seen the last of more than them, Henry. (In a quieter tone) We've seen the last of... Charles Stuart. (He laughs softly to himself.) Dead on the field of Worcester! There'll never be a king in England again.
LANDLORD: Never a king in England.
(Robert enters with the wine.)
ROBERT: The gentleman's wine.
LANDLORD: Put it on the table, Robert. And order Sir Edgar's dinner. Soup, beef, chicken and Chateau-Latour.
ROBERT (putting the wine on the table): Yes, sir.
LANDLORD: And keep those doors closed.
ROBERT: Yes, sir.
(He goes out.)
HARCOURT (moving to the table for his drink): Well, it's good to see you even in this mad-house ...
LANDLORD: Sir Edgar ...
HARCOURT: What is it?
(There is a slight pause.)
LANDLORD: There's no question, is there ... about Prince Charles...?
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HARCOURT: Question?
LANDLORD: I mean, it is quite certain?
HARCOURT: What the devil do you mean?
LANDLORD: I'd like to have it from your own lips.
HARCOURT (angrily): Charles Stuart's body was found on the field of Worcester. He was thrown from his horse and cut down.
(There is a pause.)
Does that satisfy you?
LANDLORD: Yes, Sir Edgar.
HARCOURT: Then why do you ask? (He goes back to the fire.) LANDLORD: Because in the sitting-room they were betting three sovereigns to one ... that he is alive.
(Philip Maunsell enters.)
MAUNSELL: Is this coffee-room private ..?
LANDLORD: No, sir. This way, if you please.
MAUNSELL: Your sitting-room's a little noisy.
HARCOURT: Charles Stuart alive!
LANDLORD: Yes, sir.
HARCOURT: Are they out of their senses?
MAUNSELL: Why should they be?
HARCOURT: I beg your pardon?
MAUNSELL: I said, "Why should they be?"
HARCOURT: I haven't the pleasure of knowing you.
MAUNSELL: My name is Philip Maunsell. In Tewkesbury they're betting four to one.
(There is a moment's silence.)
HARCOURT: Four... to one!
MAUNSELL: Yes.
HARCOURT: That Charles Stuart is alive?
MAUNSELL: Yes.
HARCOURT: It's nonsense.
MAUNSELL: No doubt.
HARCOURT: Absurd! The body's been found-
MAUNSELL: They say it was his double.
HARCOURT: His double...?
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MAUNSELL: A special bodyguard. The Prince was seen crossing the Severn the same evening-and two days after in Ludlow. HARCOURT: What's the evidence?
MAUNSELL: Sentries on the river, townsfolk in Ludlow. HARCOURT: Why have they kept silent?
MAUNSELL: They haven't. They were ordered to say nothing. HARCOURT: It's a lie! A lie, I tell you, set about by Royalists to keep their cause alive. Charles Stuart's body rots on the field of Worcester. MAUNSELL: I'll bet you five to one it does not.
